Josh182

I live in Hobart and couldn't imagine living without a refrigerator, not sure how you plan on storing meat and veg, especially during our very dry and at times very hot summer?

Hi stanny, to give you an idea of the bills we pay, we have electricity for power with no gas, we use an electric wall mounted heat pump and an electric hot water cylinder. We received our rates notice last week and that was $1172 for the year, which we direct debit $65 into a fortnight, our electricity bill per quarter is around $600. We have long showers and leave the heat pump on in winter 24/7. I cant remember what our quarterly water and sewerage bill is right now sorry. Kingston is a nice area with a lot of amenties and shops within the area.

Hi stanny, I'm a born an bred Tasmanian. That sort of wage would certainly be fine to rent and live quite comfortably here. Myself and my partner earn about 130k before tax between us a year and we live 10 minutes from Hobart in a small 3 bedroom home from the 60's, with a large block. The house cost us 250k, we're able to live very comfortably paying quite a bit extra into our mortgage but we don't have children. So I suppose if you buy a house for around the same amount and live within your means you shouldn't have an issue. Cost of living here should be around the same as your used to but possibly 10% higher. Once/if your wife starts to work then obviously things get much easier.